Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 30 December 1997
The Wilaya of Relizane massacres of December 30, 1997 were probably the single bloodiest day of killing in the Algerian conflict of the 1990s. In four villages about 150 miles west of Algiers, 412 people were killed in one day in Ramadan:
- Khrouba or Khourba or Kherarba, 176 deaths
- Sahnoun or Ouled Sahnoun or Ouled Sahnine, 113 deaths
- El-Abadel, 73 deaths
- Ouled-Tayeb or Oulad Taieb, 50 deaths
Families were killed indiscriminately, men, women, and children. The massacres were attributed to the GIA, and were followed shortly afterwards by the Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998.